ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158226
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| Date: | Saturday 28 August 1943 |
| Time: | 03:19 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD371 |
| MSN: | KN-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | municipality of Clavier, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington, Yorkshire |
While returning from a bombing mission to Nürnberg, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Martin Drewes of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Takeoff time: 20:55
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD371
Sources:
http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/10605871.Belgian_tribute_to_honour_Stourport_RAF_hero/_/
http://www.luchtvaarterfgoed.be/nl/content/gedenksteen-halifax-jd371
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD371
nachtjagd combat archive 1943 part two
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 July 1943 | JB956 | 77 Sqn RAF | 8 | near Tellingstedt, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Aug-2013 09:38 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Nov-2013 14:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 27-Aug-2018 07:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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